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Roberto’s Mexican Food (Tortas Chano) – Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona, Mexican, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 3

Roberto’s Mexican Food appeared in Season 3, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Like Mama Made,” aired March 17, 2008 — as an authentic Mexican restaurant in the Anthem area north of Phoenix serving the kind of homemade, scratch-made Mexican food that earned a DDD segment. The operation has since rebranded as Tortas

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La Piazza Al Forno – Glendale, Arizona

Arizona, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 6

La Piazza Al Forno in historic downtown Glendale has been making Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizza in a neighborhood a block from Murphy Park since opening, producing the kind of thin-crust, blistered, properly charred pizza that almost never shows up in the Phoenix suburbs. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A

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Arizona, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Season 6

Matt’s Big Breakfast – Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona, Breakfast, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 3

In late October 2004, Matt Pool opened an 800-square-foot red brick restaurant on a quiet corner in downtown Phoenix. He had no advertising budget and a menu built around one conviction: food tastes better when prepared simply with better ingredients. Within a few years the lines were stretching out the door every day. It appeared

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Aunt Lena’s Creamery – Chandler, Arizona – Closed

Arizona, Restaurants, Season 4

Aunt Lena’s Creamery appeared in Season 4, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Brain Freeze,” which aired August 11, 2008, as an artisan gelato operation in Chandler, Arizona bringing Italian-style frozen desserts to the Phoenix area with house-made flavors well outside the standard gelato catalog. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:

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Brandy’s Restaurant & Bakery – Flagstaff, Arizona

Arizona, Bakery, Breakfast, Restaurants, Season 6

Brandy’s Restaurant and Bakery on East Cedar Avenue in Flagstaff has been a Northern Arizona breakfast and bakery institution since owner Brandy opened it with a commitment to baking everything in house and building a morning menu around that from-scratch foundation. It appeared in Season 6, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Their Own

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Arizona, Bakery, Breakfast, Restaurants, Season 6

Haus Murphy’s – Glendale, Arizona

Arizona, Restaurants, Season 5

Brett and Rose Hoffmann opened Haus Murphy’s in historic downtown Glendale in 1996, with Rose’s Bavarian upbringing providing the recipes and Brett running the kitchen. The restaurant sits a block from Murphy Park in the antique district of downtown Glendale, and it has been serving authentic German food — schnitzel, sauerbraten, rouladen, potato pancakes, giant

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Arizona, Restaurants, Season 5

Joe’s Farm Grill – Gilbert, Arizona

American, Arizona, Burgers, Restaurants, Season 3

In 1967 Jim and Virginia Johnston built a ranch-style home on their farm in what would eventually become Gilbert, Arizona. They raised three sons there — Joe, Steve, and Paul — on land that had been farmed since 1927, when barren desert was cleared and irrigation made agriculture possible. By the time the Agritopia development

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Chino Bandido – Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona, Chinese, Mexican, Phoenix, Restaurants, Season 3

In November 1990, Frank and Eve Collins opened a 1,000-square-foot restaurant in north Phoenix with seating for 16 and a menu that blended Chinese cooking, Mexican cooking, and Jamaican cooking into something that had no name and no precedent. Eve’s Chinese heritage and their shared Arizona roots were the starting point. The result was Chino

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Thee Pitts Again – Glendale, Arizona – Closed

Arizona, Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 3

Thee Pitts Again appeared in Season 3, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Neighborhood Joints,” aired March 31, 2008 — as a Glendale, Arizona BBQ operation earning its DDD segment with serious smoked meat. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Thee Pitts AgainCity: Glendale, ArizonaCuisine: BBQDDD Season: 3DDD Episode: 4Episode

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